Selective Editing at the Fox Propaganda Channel

The folks at the Fox News Propaganda Channel are at it again. To show how President Obama’s executive order last week dealing with immigration contradicts his previous statements, Fox has been playing a clip of the president’s remarks made to Univision in 2011. Sean Hannity played it during a segment of his show on June 18 and again during a conversation with noted constitutional scholar and renowned legal expert Sarah Palin the following day. It was also repeated by Alisyn Camerota on Fox and Friends. Here’s the text of what they show:

“I just have to continue to say this notion that somehow I can just change the laws unilaterally is just not true. We are doing everything we can administratively. But the fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that I have to enforce. And I think there’s been a great disservice done to the cause of getting the DREAM Act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow, by myself, I can go and do these things. It’s just not true.”

That’s where Fox cuts it off. Here’s the part they conveniently left on the cutting room floor:

“What we can do is to prioritize enforcement — since there are limited enforcement resources — and say, we’re not going to go chasing after this young man or anybody else who has been acting responsibly, and would otherwise qualify for legal status if the DREAM Act passed.”